Financial Aid

If you are ready to start your educational journey, we want you to know about the funding sources available to help you pay for college. College expenses include tuition, fees, transportation, room, board, books, childcare and other costs associated with being a college student. You can pay for college using personal savings, with help from your family, with earnings from work, by applying for and receiving scholarships, or through financial aid from the government in the form of grants and loans.

Students who are selected at random by the U.S. Department of Education for a process called verification will need to submit additional documents confirming the information reported on their FAFSA. To determine if you have additional eligibility requirements watch your TBCC email for requests from the financial aid office. Documents or other requirements must be submitted by the dates below in order to complete a financial aid award by the payment due date each term:

TBCC students will receive financial aid refunds during the second week of the term by direct deposit or by check mailed to the student’s address of record. To sign up for direct deposit print the direct deposit form, fill it out and submit it to the TBCC store or business office. Award Distribution Timing:

Work Study:

Distributed in monthly paycheck

Grants and Loans:

Summer 2019: July 2, 2019*

Fall 2019: October 2, 2019

Winter 2020: January 15, 2020

Spring 2020: April 8, 2020

*Beginning the third week of the term any available financial aid will be distributed each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Direct Loan, 1st-time borrower:

Summer 2019: July 31, 2019

Fall 2019: October 30, 2019

Winter 2020: February 12, 2020

Spring 2020: May 6, 2020

Disbursement for 1st-time borrowers is delayed 30 days.

Direct one-term Loan, 2nd disbursement:

Summer 2019: August 5, 2019

Fall 2019: November 4, 2019

Winter 2020: February 17, 2020

Spring 2020: May 11, 2020

One-term loans are distributed in two disbursements.The 2nd disbursement is the mid-point in the term.